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COIN COLLECTOR FOR TELEPHONE TOLLS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25. I915.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM C. BECK, OF B-IDGEFIELD, AND ALFRED U. HOEFER, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNORS, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO WESTERN ELECTRIC COMPANY, INCORPORATED, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK. I

COIN-COLLECTOR FOR TELEPHONE-TOLLS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 16, 1916.

Application filed March 25, 1915. Serial No. 16,900.

Y '0 all whom it may concern Be it known that we, WILLIAM 0. Buck and ALFRED U. HOEFER, citizens of the United States, residing at Ridgefield, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, and at East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, respectively, have invented certain new and useful Improve: ments in Coin-Collectors for Telephone- Tolls, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description.

This invention relates to coin collectors for telephone tolls and has for its object to provide an attachment which may be readily applied to certain existing forms of coin collectors for the purpose of collecting the one cent war tax assessed by the Federal Government on all telephone toll calls, the payment for which is above a certain amount. I

The coin collectors to which the attachment of this invention is particularly applicable are those known as the post-payment type in which a coin of the proper sizeis temporarily retained in a tiltable receptacle until deposited by the subscriber, but a coin of a smaller size than that for which said receptacle is designed will pass therethrough and under ordinary circumstances be returned to the depositor.

In accordance with this invention, there is provided an attachment which is adapted to be secured to the inside of the collector to catch and deflect into the cash box the smaller sized coins which may be depositedin payment of the war tax and cause to be given to the operator a characteristic signal diiferent from that given by the depositing of the coins for which the receptacles are primarily designed. The attachment preferably comprises a metal plate adapted to be secured to the walls of the coin collector between the lower ends of the tiltable receptacles and the signals operated by the collection of the coins for which the receptacles are designed. One end of the attachment is adapted to be rigidly secured to one wall of the collector and an adjustable bracket is provided for securing the opposite end of the plate to the opposite wall. The plate is provided at its ends with offset portions of sufficient width to care for the non-uniformity in sizes of gongs in collectors already in use.

In the drawings illustrating this invention, Figure 1 is an outline of the side elevatlon of a collector with parts in section as the collector is normally; Fig. 2 isa section similar to Fig. 1 with the attachment of this invention applied thereto; Fig. 3 is a section of the back of the collector with parts in section and parts broken away; Fig. 4: shows the attachment of this invention in perspective; Fig. 5vis a detail view of an attaching device; and Fig. 6 is a detail section of one of the coin receptacles.

' As shown in the drawings, 7 designates a metallic deflecting plate having ofi-set portions 8, 9 at opposite ends thereof, shaped substantially as shown. The off-set portion Sis provided with an apertures 10 adapted to permit the passage of a screw 11 which functions as a means for retaining this end of the plate 7 in a fixed position upon the inside of the coin collector. The plate 7 is provided with a turned over portion or lip 21, which is formed adjacent the off-set portion 9, and on the under surface of said plate. A small space is left between the lip 21 and this surface of the plate 7 which is suitable to accommodate a projecting portion 13 formed upon an end of an adjustable bracket 14. An elongated slot 15 is made in the opposite end of the bracket 14, and an oifset portion 16 is provided intermediate the ends of said bracket which permits the same to clear the gong 25 when mounted in the coin collector. A blocking plate 17 is positioned on the outside of the coin collector directly in front of the refund channel 18. The plate 17 is provided with an aperture, into which a screw 19 is inserted having its threaded portion projecting upon the inside of the collector.

Fig. 1 shows one of the standard forms of coin collectors having a refund device 27 which returns all deposited coins of a denomination or size smaller than that for which the coin receptacles 28, 29 and 30 are designed. In applying the attachment herein described the refund device 27 is removed and the attachment placed in the position formely occupied by said devices as is illustrated in Fig. 2. In mounting the deflecting plate 7, the end 8 thereof is rigidly secured by means of screwsll, to one of the side walls of the collector. The bracket 14 is slipped over the screw 19 and when the projecting portions 13 of said bracket have been inserted between the lip portion 12 and the lower surface of the plate 7, said bracket is clamped in place by means of a nut 20. The slot 15 permits the plate i 7 to be adjusted to position to clear the gongs 2e and 25.

Coin receptacles 28, 29 and 30 are adapted to receive coins of the denomination of five, ten, and twenty-five cents and temporarily retain the same until deposited in the cash box by the depositor tilting a mechanism designated to collect the deposited coin. The coins on their way to the cash box are caused to strike either of the gongs 2d and 25 to inform the operator of the collection of the coin in the usual manner. A one cent piece is small enough to pass through the coin receptacle designed for five or twenty-five cent pieces as is illustrated by Fig. '6. In its downward passage, a coin of this denomination will strike the plate 7, and instead of being refunded as is customary in most standard coin collectors now in use, it will be deflected into the cash box. Upon the one cent piece striking the plate 7, the operator will receive a metallic resonate sound which will inform her that said coin has been deposited.

What is claimed is:

1. An attachment forcoin collectors comprising a metal plate having an offset portion at each end, means for rigidly securing said plate at one end to one wall of the collector, and means for adjustably securing the opposite end of said plate to the opposite wall of said collector.

2. In an attachment for coin collectors, a metal plate, means for rigidly securing one end of said plate to one wall of the coin collector, a flexible bracket member secured to the opposite end of said plate, and means for adjustably securing said bracket to the opposite wall of saidcollector.

3. In an attachment for coin collectors, a metal plate having offset portions at its 0pposite ends, a bracket, means for attaching one end of said bracket to said plate, and means for adjustably-securing the opposite end of said bracket to one wall of the collector.

4. In an attachment for coin collectors, a plate, a turned-over member 011 said plate extending along one face of said plate, a

bracket, means on one end of said bracket adapted for insertion between one face of said plate and the turned-over member, the opposite end of said bracket being provided with a slot and adjustable means extending through said slot for securing said bracket to a wall of the collector.

In witness whereof, we hereunto subscribe our names this 23rd day of March, A. D.

IVILLIAM O. BECK. ALFRED U. I-IOEFER. IVitnesses E. EDLER, K. L. STAHL.

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